Let's Talk About Love (Modern Talking album) explained

Let's Talk About Love
Type:	studio
Artist:	Modern Talking
Cover:	Let'stalkaboutlovealbum.jpg
Recorded:	1985
Genre:	Euro disco
Label:	Hansa
Producer:	Dieter Bohlen
Prev Title:	The 1st Album
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Ready for Romance
Next Year:	1986

Let's Talk About Love is the second studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 14 October 1985 by Hansa Records. The album peaked at number two in Germany, spending four weeks at that position. After spending 11 weeks within the top 10 and 44 weeks altogether on the German chart,^[1] it eventually earned a platinum certification from the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in Germany.

The album's only single, "Cheri, Cheri Lady", spent four weeks at the top of the German Singles Chart,^[2] while also topping the charts in Austria, Norway and Switzerland.^[3]

Personnel

• Dieter Bohlen – guitar, production, arrangements
• Thomas Anders – lead vocals, piano, keyboards
• Rolf Köhler – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Michael Scholz – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Detlef Wiedeke – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Birger Corleis – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Gerd Tratz – artists photos
• Andreas Grassl – artists photos
• Manfred Vormstein – art direction, photo design

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Let's Talk About Love

Chart (1985)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[4]	12
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[5]	2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[6]	3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Let's Talk About Love

Chart (1986)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	27
European Albums (Music & Media)^[8]	34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	27

Release history

• 1985 Germany: LP Hansa 207 080-630
• 1985 Germany: MC Hansa 407 080-630
• 1985 Germany: CD Hansa 610 522-222

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album Let's Talk About Love von Modern Talking . Chartsurfer.de . de . 8 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718212852/http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/9537/lets-talk-about-love.html . 18 July 2011.
2. Web site: Modern Talking – Cheri, Cheri Lady . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . de . 2 August 2018.
3. Web site: Modern Talking – Cheri, Cheri Lady . swisscharts.com . 21 November 2009.
4. European Hot 100 Albums . . 2 . 51/52 . 23 December 1985 . 31 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
5. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Helsinki . . 2006 . 978-951-1-21053-5.
6. Book: Salaverrie, Fernando . September 2005 . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . es . 1st . Madrid . . 84-8048-639-2.
7. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1986 . austriancharts.at . de . 2 August 2018.
8. European Hot 100 Albums – Hot 100 of the Year 1986 . . 3 . 51/52 . 27 December 1986 . 35 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
9. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1986 . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . de . 2 August 2018.
10. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986 . hitparade.ch . de . 23 July 2021.